Stylish Spoken English Words (BLENDS)

Many of you might be familiar with such words as emoticon, blog, pulsar, WI-FI and so on. But have you ever thought how these comparatively younger English words crept into the language? Today let's have a look at some of such most common words. Widely known as PORTMANTEAU WORDS, they are invented by combining the beginning of one word and the end of another word. They are also known as BLENDS. They're fast becoming very common in day-to-day spoken as well as written English. Be the first among your friends to learn them!

Here are a few most common BLENDS along with their meanings:
MOTEL= Motor+Hotel.

SMOG= Smoke+Fog.

EMOTICON= Emotion+Icon.

INFOTAINMENT= Information+Entertainment.

INTERCOM= Internal+Communication.

BRUNCH= Breakfast+Lunch.

EMAIL= Elecronic+Mail.

GOODBYE= Good+Be (with) +You.

FANTABULOUS= Fantastic+Fabulous.

INTERNET= International+Network.

MANIMAL= Man+Animal.

MOPED=Motor+Pedal.

MOTORCADE= Motorcar+Cavalcade.

TELECAST= Television+Broadcast.

WORKAHOLIC= Work+Alcoholic.

WIKIPEDIA= Wik+Encyclopedia.

ADERTAINMENT=Advertisement+Entertainment.

BLOG= Web+Log.

CAMCODER= Camera+Recorder.

CINEPLEX= Cinema+Complex.

FORTNIGHT= Fourteen+Nights.

HINGLISH= Hindi+English.

PULSAR= Pulsating+Star.

WI-FI= Wireless+Fidelity.


                                                                                                                            
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HAPPY LEARNING
Jacob (Nova English Campus)

Impressive Words

Nova English Campus Word of the Day:

ETERNITY RING= a ring given as a token of love that will last for a long time.
(She lost her eterninty ring in that accident)

DUDE= man.
(He's a real cool dude)

DUD= something useless and not working properly.
(Two of the crackers in the box were duds)

PARAMOUR= a secret lover.
(Even after marrige, she kept in touch with her paramour)